遗容 (yí róng) — (formal) the face or appearance of a deceased person; remains as seen in a funeral setting; (formal) a mortuary portrait; a painted or photographed portrait of a deceased person
Definition
A formal, written term for the face or likeness of a deceased person, often seen in a funeral context or as a mortuary portrait. Almost never used in everyday speech.
noun
(formal) the face or appearance of a deceased personremains as seen in a funeral setting(formal) a mortuary portraita painted or photographed portrait of a deceased person
Measure word · 张
Examples
- ，遗容。Tā zhàn zài líng qián, zuì hòu kàn le yì yǎn yí róng.He stood before the spirit, taking one last look at the deceased's face.
- 遗容，。Qiáng shàng guà zhe fù qīn de yí róng, shì tā nián qīng shí de yàng zi.On the wall hangs a portrait of my father, from when he was young.
- 遗容。Tā zài zhěng lǐ yí wù shí fā xiàn le yì zhāng lǎo yí róng.While sorting through the belongings, she found an old mortuary portrait.
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